I have not seen many suspension threads on the forum so I thought I would try to document what I do to my bike as best I can. My plans are a Nitron R1 shock for the rear and a set of Andreani fork cartridge kit for the front.
I ordered my Nitron from Brooks Suspension in the UK and it arrived today. Took about a month as these shocks are built to order and set up specifically for your weight and riding style etc.
The shock install will be very straight forward as its only a couple bolts but the fork kit will be another deal altogether. I believe I will need to do some grinding on the fork tubes to remove some parts so the carts fit. I’ll cross that road when I come to it but Brooks shipped my Andreani kit yesterday so I should have it on Monday according to the tracking.
My new shock!
. Brooks even tossed in a couple english biscuits! I like how the put the preload adjuster on the bottom of the shock so you can access it without taking the shock off. I almost ordered the hydraulic adjuster with it but glad I didnt as it is not needed.![IMG_2057.jpeg IMG_2057.jpeg](https://www.600cc.org/data/attachments/15/15850-b4d9fc9c0f0e2a8e6bab65eea1f3b756.jpg)
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I ordered my Nitron from Brooks Suspension in the UK and it arrived today. Took about a month as these shocks are built to order and set up specifically for your weight and riding style etc.
The shock install will be very straight forward as its only a couple bolts but the fork kit will be another deal altogether. I believe I will need to do some grinding on the fork tubes to remove some parts so the carts fit. I’ll cross that road when I come to it but Brooks shipped my Andreani kit yesterday so I should have it on Monday according to the tracking.
My new shock!
![Smiling face with heart-eyes :heart_eyes: 😍](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60d.png)
![IMG_2057.jpeg IMG_2057.jpeg](https://www.600cc.org/data/attachments/15/15850-b4d9fc9c0f0e2a8e6bab65eea1f3b756.jpg)
![IMG_2058.jpeg IMG_2058.jpeg](https://www.600cc.org/data/attachments/15/15851-eb1b96cad3088670c380e1ef7498bffd.jpg)
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